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Piles of wreaths, artificial flowers, sculptures and trinkets brought Shawna Goddard to tears.

“When I just saw the trinkets and statues and flowers, it just broke my heart,” she said sobbing. “It’s just gut wrenching.”

Throughout the Hatley Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Colwood, tokens and wreaths left on tombstones were removed by cemetery staff.

The piles of mementos upset Goddard, because of the sentimental value of items such as the coffee mug and a child’s Hot Wheels car that now sit beside the road.

Among the piles was the wrought iron sculpture Goddard placed on her fathers grave nearly six years ago.

David Robert William Goddard was buried there in 2005 and his plot is visible from the road. Goddard noticed the sculpture missing and drove in to the cemetery where she saw the piles.

She said the statue has never moved.

Bruce Simpson, cemetery manager, said spring cleanup is an annual occurrence.

“We allow artificial flowers from November to March and then after that it is just real flowers,” he explained, adding they are left in piles for loved ones to collect.

Each year Simpson said he receives one or two phone calls from angry people about this, he said next year he will try and provide the families more notice.

The cleanup is to allow the grounds workers to cut the grass and maintain the cemetery grounds. Simpson said it is standard protocol in the 41 cemeteries across Canada that the company runs.

“It’s written in out rules and regulations and on the contract people sign,” he explained.

“I am concerned for the people who don’t know this is happening,” Goddard said.

“When someone dies you don’t read the fine print.”

The items will be left out until the end of March for people to collect. charla@goldstreamgazette.com

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Shawna Goddard stands with a pile of items removed from tombstones at Hatley Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The items will be left out until the end of the month for family members to come and collect.

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Langford Minor Fastball, volunteers and the city are teaming up to upgrade Centennial park.

Improvements to the baseball fields will cost about $90,000 for the supplies and the fastball association is supplying the labour. The city hasn’t approved the funds yet, but is in the process said Mike Leskiw, manager of Langford parks and recreation.

Only some of the improvements will occur before ball season starts in April.

Within the month additional fencing and netting will be added to diamonds one and two in an effort to keep foul balls from landing in neighbouring yards or the stands. Additional fencing will also be added to the back of the field to help shield the concession and washrooms from balls as well.

At the end of the season fastball volunteers plan to replace the gravel in the infield.

“Right now (the surface) is too hard,” said John Musgrave, Langford minor ball president, explaining improvements haven’t been done to the park in the past 15 years.

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John Musgrave and Wendy Parker are two of the volunteers from Langford Minor Fastball offering time to help upgrade Centennial Park ball fields. on sand at the beach,” explained Musgrave.

Because most of the labour will be covered by volunteers, Musgrave said he hopes to save enough to pay for the batting cages to be covered so players could use them year round.

“When it rains the balls won’t go through a pitching machine,” said Wendy Parker, registrar of the association.

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In the playground, the large slide built into rock face is up for replacement explained Leskiw.

They’ll also look into issues in an area where water from the splash park pools, as well as upgrades to the washrooms and the concession.

The estimated cost for the playground work is $80,000, not yet approved in the Langford budget. charla@goldstreamgazette.com

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Homeward bound HMCS Regina in home waters Thursday after eight eventful months Don Descoteau News staff

HMCS Regina is in the homestretch of a long deployment to the Arabian Sea and crew members are excited to be that much closer to Esquimalt Harbour.

Between participating in the multinational counter-terrorism Operation ARTEMIS, undertaking training exercises and engaging in outreach efforts in various ports of call, it has been an eventful eight months, said the ship’s commanding officer, Cmdr. Jason Boyd.

“Pulling in the harbour that morning on the 14th, there will be a real sense of satisfaction when we get home,” he said during a stopover in Hawaii.

But even after accomplishing such things as interrupting an illicit drug shipment in January and helping rescue the crew of a stranded Yemeni fishing boat in October, the yearning to get home is strong.

“It’s such a long transit home in the Pacific Ocean,” Boyd said.

“When we dropped out of (the mission) and you’re finally pointing east and heading toward home, you realize there’s still 50 days in front of you before you get there.

Things tend to dip a little in terms of spirits and morale. But Hawaii is a very familiar stop for our sailors, with lots of familiar landmarks. We know it means we’re not far from home.”

Regina and ships from the 26 other partner nations in Operation ARTEMIS operated under a different mandate than the UN Security Council resolution that followed 9-11, Boyd said. Therefore upon boarding a suspected drug smuggling ship they would seize narcotics and let individuals go free.

When Regina disrupted the smuggler ship – the vessel was tracked using a state-of-the-art unmanned aerial vehicle – the culprits fled and dropped most of the cargo over the side. An estimated 450 kilograms of narcotics sank to the bottom of the sea.

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Cmdr. Jason Boyd, right, on the bridge of HMCS Regina in dock at CFB Esquimalt last June prior to setting for the north Arabian Sea to conduct counter-terrorism patrols. said. “We were looked upon as one of the go-to ships because of our surveillance abilities. It made us a big player and brought a lot of credibility to our navy.”

In all, Regina crew boarded 19 vessels, mostly just to check

nationality of those on board, he said.

After the ship reaches port on Thursday, it will enter a period of technical maintenance to bring the frigate back up to ship-shape.

Boyd is due to take over the

Naval Officer Training Centre in Esquimalt in May or June, while Cmdr. Dan Charlebois, currently stationed at naval headquarters in Ottawa, will take over as commander of Regina. editor@vicnews.com

Developer proposes multi-use sewage treatment facility Esquimalt mayor brings proposal to CRD committees Daniel Palmer News staff

The future site of the Capital Regional District’s wastewater treatment facility has the potential to become a world-class environmental and sustainable energy destination, says one local company.

Erik Lindquist, president of

Titus Infrastructure Services, put a proposal forward to Esquimalt council at a closed meeting Monday that calls for a 650,000-sq.-ft. mixed-use facility at McLoughlin Point.

The proposal envisions building a 100,000-sq.-ft. wastewater treatment and resource recovery plant, in addition to commercial and residential space.

“It’s the most expensive piece of property on the south Island and the CRD wants to turn it into a disposal site,” said Lindquist, whose company specializes in heat and

resource recovery projects.

Mayor Barb Desjardins forwarded the proposal to the CRD board and core area liquid waste management committee for consideration at their March 13 meetings.

“We can’t officially endorse or reject this proposal, but we’re really interested in some of the concepts and ideas, and we want to encourage the CRD to really look at this sort of project going forward,” she said.

Desjardins admitted “one or two” similar tertiary treatment

facilities would be needed throughout Greater Victoria, which could prove a hard sell to CRD directors.

“The ultimate goal is resource recovery, but also waste management, so that (municipalities) wouldn’t have to send waste to a central facility,” she said.

Similar projects are already underway at Westhills in Langford and the Capital City Centre Centre development in Colwood, Lindquist said.

“This is going back to where we were in the process before we

turned around and made, in my opinion, the wrong turn,” Desjardins said.

The CRD is in the planning stages of a $782-million secondary sewage treatment project. Two-thirds of the funding will come from the provincial and federal governments, but any cost overruns will fall on CRD homeowners. dpalmer@vicnews.com

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Dave Coulier hopes for a full house at the Comedy Nights at the Goose show this month in Langford.

“If people want to bring their boss to my show, they are not going to get embarrassed. But, even though I do a clean show I can’t vouch for the comedians that open for me,” he said.

When Coulier performs at the Galloping Goose Grille he said his show will be full of his impersonations, his harmonica playing, and observational humour he draws from his own life.

“If I don’t do Bullwinkle or Popeye people come up to me after the show and complain.

My standup is always evolving,” said Coulier, adding he has also included more modern characters in his show including SpongeBob SquarePants.

After decades of standup, Coulier admits to being heckled hundreds of time, but said he just ignores it and just continues the show.

“There is a reason why the comedian is the one standing with the microphone,” Coulier said.

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Having a foul-language free show isn’t something he prides himself with, “It’s just who I am.”

“When I was 19 I met Jay Leno at the Comedy Store. He said ‘You are funny and very clean. When you have a clean show you can work anywhere,’” said Coulier in his best Jay Leno voice.

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“Being on reality shows is just uncomfortable,” he said. When he was on The Surreal Life he shared a house with celebrities included Jordan Knight from New Kids on the Block and Flava Flav from Public Enemy.

“I still talk to Flava Flav sometimes, he texts me … he’s just a sweetheart,” said Coulier.

It’s been 15 years since Coulier has been to Vancouver Island.

His last time was to play a charity hockey game.

“If you’ve seen me play hockey, it’s pretty much just comedy too,” jokes the comedian in a phone interview from his home in Los Angeles.

Coulier’s mother is from New Brunswick and he grew up in Detroit, but his passion for hockey began when he first laced his skates at five years old.

“It felt like I was from Canada because every weekend I would drive with my dad to Southern Ontario for hockey games,” he said.

Coulier still plays hockey every Sunday in a pick-up league. “But now it’s mostly just for the beer,” he admits.

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The City of Langford has received an application to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 300 by means of proposed Bylaw No. 1455. All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw will be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the Bylaw at a Public Hearing to be held in the CITY OF LANGFORD COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Third Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, on Monday, 18 March 2013, at 7:00 pm. Please be advised that no representations may be received by Council after the close of the Public Hearing and any submissions made to Council, whether orally or in writing, will form part of a public record.

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The latest round of construction on the Malahat, including adding more barriers, started last week and is scheduled to be complete by the end of June.

Malahat upgrades to finish for July After putting $8 million dollars into Malahat Drive the work is on the homestretch, announced the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.

Right now a contractor is installing concrete barriers at four locations. These additions will span a total of 2.6 kilometres.

Once installed 5.4, kilometres of the Malahat will have the barriers in place. Lighting, signage and road markings are also a part of the project.

The final work is expected to be complete by the end of June. charla@goldstreamgazette.com

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IN BRIEF Langford council approved road closures for the Leigh Road Interchange project. For the week of March 18 to March 22, between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., Spencer and McCallum Rd. (formerly Brock Ave.) will be closed to traffic. The closures allow for sewer service installations. Access to the Shell gas station will remain open off and onto the Trans Canada Highway, but Spencer road will be closed beyond that. Residents who live on those roads will be able to get through intermittently.

On May 18 Langford will host a memorial ride by the North American Motor Officers Association as a part of its annual conference being held at this year at Western Speedway.

The association is a collection of police motorcycle officers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alberta and B.C. Approximately 120 to 150 motorcycle-riding police officers will ride from the speedway to Royal Roads University in honour of fallen police officers killed during 2012.

The ride will start at 12 p.m. Local police will marshall the traffic route and there is expected to be minimal disruptions.

Honouring the mayor At the Monday, March 4 council meeting the Federation of Canadian Municipalities presented Langford Mayor Stew Young with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal in recognition of his 20 years of service as an elected official.

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The amendments will put priority on having more parking spots required for buildings outside of the downtown core, and fewer for buildings in the downtown core.

“We’re trying to right-size the parking to what we’ve seen as the true demand,” said Matthew Baldwin, director of planning. “The reason for a lower number in the core is because there’s more opportunity living a transit lifestyle.”

A new provision will also allow a certain number of vehicle spaces to be reduced in exchange for an increased number of spaces for bicycles.

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The City of Langford has received an application to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 300 by means of proposed Bylaw No. 1462. All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw will be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the Bylaw at a Public Hearing to be held in the CITY OF LANGFORD COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Third Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, on Monday, 18 March 2013, at 7:00 pm. Please be advised that no representations may be received by Council after the close of the Public Hearing and any submissions made to Council, whether orally or in writing, will form part of a public record.

Proposal: The purpose of Bylaw No. 1462 is to amend the City of Langford Zoning Bylaw No. 300 by amending the zoning designation of the land that is the subject of Bylaw No. 1462 from R2 (One- and Two-Family Residential) Zone and adding to the RS3 (Residential Small Lot 3) Zone to allow a one (1) lot residential subdivision.

Applicant: Darryl Roth, Remax Camosun Location:

The land that is the subject of Bylaw No. 1462 is 952 Whisperwind Pl as shown shaded on the plan.

COPIES of the complete proposed Bylaw and other material that the Council may consider in relation to the Bylaw may be viewed from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (holidays excluded), from Monday, 4 March 2013 to Monday, 18 March 2013, inclusive, at Langford City Hall, 2nd Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, V9B 2X8.

Please contact the Planning Department at 250-478-7882 with any questions on this Bylaw.

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No guarantees of lower bills With the return to a combination of a sevenper-cent provincial sales tax and five-per-cent federal goods and services tax April 1, the harmonized sales tax experiment will come to an end in B.C. Taxpayers shouldn’t count on having more money left over at the end of the month, however, as the changes made by the province in the wake of the initial HST – tax credits for lower-income families and seniors among them – will also come to an end.

There will nonetheless be good news for consumers in certain sectors.

Butchart Gardens food and beverage manager Bob Parrotta, who serves as the Victoria branch chair for the B.C. Restaurant and Foodservices Association, insists that patrons will see a reduction on their bills after the PST is reinstated, with the net result being a four to five-per-cent increase in sales.

If that materializes, and there’s no guarantee it will, it could create jobs and benefit other related businesses. Other consumers, such as those planning to purchase a brand new home or buying a new bike, may see large savings in one transaction.

The HST was supposed to provide a less complicated tax regime for the sale of goods and services and eliminate exemptions and hidden taxes created under the PST/GST system.

There were still loopholes. For example, a person buying a donut at Tim Horton’s would pay tax on their purchase, while the same donut at a grocery store would not be taxed, since it was considered a grocery item.

We hope the work the province has done on reforming the PST, since the public voted the HST out with a 55-per-cent majority, makes B.C.’s tax system more streamlined.

Regardless, the public can’t expect things to be perfect under a system previously found to be inefficient and unfair, not to mention unwieldy for business.

At the very least, we fully expect businesses that complained loudest about the HST to put their money where their mouth is and prove to customers they are saving money under PST/ GST. What do you think? Give us your comments by email: editor@goldstreamgazette.com or fax 250-478-6545. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

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Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

Ethnic strategy is nothing new The B.C. legislature session ends website targeting NDP leader Adrian this week. It can’t come quickly Dix was being cooked up in the enough for Premier Christy Clark B.C. Liberal bunker, a similar effort and the B.C. Liberals. was being developed This is also the week in NDP research down we see the rest of the the hall. This partisan fallout from “ethnic-gate,” message detailed all the as the latest controversy worthwhile things that over partisan activity by could be done with the political staff has been government’s $15-million clumsily labelled. advertising budget A disgruntled former singing the praises of the B.C. Liberal caucus government’s “jobs plan.” staffer handed the NDP But this one carried the opposition an internal logo of the NDP caucus, Tom Fletcher so it was within the rules. memo setting out a B.C. Views strategy for ethnic The average person, “outreach” that strayed seeing two groups of staff into forbidden territory, suggesting on the public payroll, each slagging that ethnic-friendly government the other, might not detect much of events could be staged and a difference. participants’ names collected and The biggest headline from the turned over to the party. leaked memo was its reference “This secret plan clearly to generating “quick wins” for demonstrates the Liberals are the election campaign by staging deliberately folding government apologies for historic racial resources and staff into their party’s injustices. It mentioned how campaign machinery, despite rules former premier Gordon Campbell that forbid this,” thundered NDP delivered a solemn apology in 2008 house leader John Horgan. “We’ve for the decision to turn away a seen this before, with the Liberals’ ship carrying Sikh refugees from efforts to run a secret committee to Vancouver harbour – shortly after subvert the public process around the outbreak of the First World War. Burnaby Hospital, and in the attack What does a modern provincial website created by caucus staff and premier accomplish by apologizing launched by the Liberal party.” for a federal immigration decision Casual observers might see this made in 1915? Why would another as a disturbing new development premier now feel the need to in misuse of public resources. It’s apologize for a federal “head tax” disturbing, all right, but it’s hardly imposed on Chinese immigrants new. from 1885 to 1923?

The “attack website” Horgan The answer is obvious. refers to is a case in point. While a Again, don’t expect much to

change with an NDP government.

Asked last week if he would stage an apology for the head tax, Dix delivered a well-rehearsed history lesson that made it clear he is anxious to do so.

Welcome to politics in an urbanized, globalized media culture.

It’s more important to put on a show than to do the right thing.

Hospitals are announced three times before they’re built, then announced again when they are staffed.

Politics is a lucrative career.

Former B.C. Liberal MLA Lorne Mayencourt is one of the additional “outreach” staff hand-picked by Clark. The B.C. Liberals retort that the NDP caucus has a similar staffer named Gabriel Yiu, who has taken three leaves of absence to run for MLA, and is in practical terms a professional NDP candidate.

Yiu is running for a fourth time in Vancouver-Fraserview, having been defeated in 2009 by former West Vancouver police chief Kash Heed. That campaign was notorious for anonymous Chineselanguage pamphlets claiming the NDP favours legalizing drugs and imposing a “death tax” on inheritance.

This latest scandal might produce meaningful reform. But the misuse of public money to further the interests of political parties is deeply entrenched.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

‘It’s more important to put on a show than to do the right thing.’

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LETTERS Amalgamation an answer to conflict concerns Re: Conflict concerns (News, March 6) Tri Met, the City of Portland Oregon transit authority, is governed by a seven member board representing each of the seven districts served. None of the board members are politicians.

Could this be to avoid conflict of interest?

If the urban West Shore was part of an amalgamated metropolitan city – as the mayor of

Metchosin has suggested recently – the recreation facility would be a city unit with no need for additional governance and resulting problems of conflict of interest.

John Olson Colwood

Pilgrim garden a loss, Willing could be utilized Re: Community laments loss of gardens (News, Feb. 20) Really sorry to see another local source of food disappear.

There are so many benefits to

Letters to the editor

urban community gardens including health gains for participants, educational opportunities, economic benefits, environmental benefits, cultural opportunities, community building, youth engagement, crime prevention, and urban improvements.

The City of Langford has a large, community garden plot at Willing Park in the Happy Valley area. The garden was operated by volunteers for years, but did not have access to water and was not served by public transit. Now the park is surrounded by new

developments that probably have connecting bus service and a water main close by. The garden area is deer fenced but is becoming overgrown with grasses and invasive species.

A small group of locals tried to resurrect the garden in 2010, but there were not enough committed people to get it going again.

The growing conditions at Willing Park Community Garden are excellent so hopefully the Pilgrim gardeners could go there.

Ron Rayner Langford

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Modern electronics enable deeper mind-to-mind talk Duke University scientists have connected the brains of two rats by wire. So Brian Dodson reported in Gizmag.

The rat-pairs scored 65 to 70 per cent in earning rewards – drops of water – for correctly conveying flashing-light and dooropening information to one another.

Smart rats may point the way toward achieving stronger co-ordinative human brainpower through linking brains together by wireless.

This sounds scary, but stronger brainpower arguably could help us make the world safer. The researchers are now trying to interconnect several rats.

Could a “brain-net” become a super-brain?

Neurobiologist Miguel Nicolilis and colleagues hope to find out.

Could an array of biological brains, networked together with a high-performance computer, outshine individual humans and

G.E. Mortimore Think about it offer workable solutions to global problems, just as IBM’s Big Blue outshone human champions in playing chess and answering Jeopardy questions?

Priest-scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was tuned in to this idea before the spread of computers. He postulated three levels of being: geosphere, biosphere and noosphere – the realm of thought.

The enquiry raises echoes ranging from global and United Nations, to local and Capital Regional District.

The optimistic view is that people have

started to mobilize in quiet strength against such neglected dangers as the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs, 65 million years ago.

Another strike will happen again, unless action is taken to find the undiscovered space-rocks and divert them – maybe with nuclear pushers or lasers.

Currently only $3 million a year is invested in asteroid research – one half of one per cent of the budget for cleansing polluted sites in the U.S.A. But the balance may change as the result of a meteor hit in Russia and an asteroid near-miss, Feb. 15.

Scientific peoplewatchers doubt that the popular mindset can be changed by deliberate, calculated action – action to convince us we must shield Earth from remotely foreseen asteroids, for example.

Most of us don’t

care. But modern electronics have enabled faster, deeper mindto-mind talk than ever before. So the old rules may be out of date.

Flexible, co-ordinated strategies may evolve, beyond the scope of orthodox government or commerce, to reduce the harm or danger of asteroid hits, economic breakdown, nuclear war, ethno-linguistic hatred, global warming, destruction of fish and forests, road-traffic gridlock, drug addiction, dementia, violent crime and mass starvation.

I like to guess that such world-saving plans are already taking shape, but what do I know? Nothing.

I draw some pleasure from the notion of talk between species – like human to rat, guinea pig, goldfish or chimpanzee. Maybe future generations of kids will enjoy conversations with their pets.

I would have been

John Horgan

delighted to know what was passing through the minds of my white rats – or get some inkling of the thoughts in the heads of the wild rats and other animals I have met since childhood.

A puzzling two-way parade of rats passed along a rafter in a building where com-

panions and I took our meals in Sri Lanka.

Where did the rat commuters go, and what brought them back?

Probably I will never know.

Some fish have sense-channels that humans do not have.

They feel electric vibrations in the water.

I feel uneasy about

trading thoughts with goldfish or electric eels, or even with hippos and giraffes. To my grandchildren, however, it may seem a natural process.

• G.E. Mortimore is a longtime columnist with the Goldstream News Gazette. editor@goldstream gazette.com

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Presented by St. Luke’s Players, Casting for Murder – a play set in the Gulf Islands – unfolds as a clever mystery. Angela Benson inherits a fortune when her aunt is murdered, but the killer isn’t found until a young journalist uncovers some startling evidence. March 13 at 8 p.m. at St. Luke’s Anglican Church-Hall, 3821 Cedar Hill X Rd.

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Song and dance keep Irish spirit alive Will Millar dinner theatre celebrates traditional culture Kyle Wells News staff

There are few things more near and dear to the hearts of the Irish than music, stories and good company.

All three of these essential elements will be at the forefront of Irish Rover Will Millar’s live dinner theatre show Ireland: Where the Song and Dance Began, starting Friday, March 15 at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel, 1175 Beach Dr., and running Friday and Saturday nights until April 20.

Joining Millar on stage will be singer-songwriter Mary Murphy, guitarist Paul Keim, fiddler Daniel Lapp, Riverdance dancer Joel Hanna and singer Chuck McCandless. Along with a couple of Irish Rovers classics, the group will be singing more traditional Irish songs, telling stories, reading poems, dancing and highlighting the history of Ireland through

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Former Irish Rovers Will Millar brings his distinctive blend of humourous stories and Irish pub tunes to the David Foster Foundation Theatre in the Oak Bay Beach Hotel this week. video projection.

“We kind of portray an Ireland

that may not exist anymore in Ireland,” Millar said, “But it exists in

people’s imaginations of what Ireland might be.”

Growing up in Ballymena in Northern Ireland, Millar said he never understood how widely celebrated St. Patrick’s Day is until he came to North America.

“I never saw St. Patrick’s Day when I grew up in Ireland,” Millar said. “It was a day that you went to church.”

The Irish Rovers toured the world for more than 30 years, primarily due to the popularity of The Unicorn song. Millar left the band in 1995 and now lives in Maple Bay. Millar has been performing versions of this show for more than a decade now, primarily through New Zealand and Australia. Inspiration came from the history of Irish song and storytelling, something which Millar said has helped the Irish find an identity in the world and overcome prejudice.

“I believe that the Irish were such a tormented race over the generations,” Millar said. “I do believe that the music kept them going. I believe it was their spiritual identity. … They could be in dire straits but an Irish jig or an

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Irish reel would get them up dancing, get the blood going and give them an identity.”

The Oak Bay Beach Hotel hosts dinner theatre in its David Foster Foundation Theatre. The meal will be a three-course traditional Irish dinner. Along with the dinner theatre, a selection of Millar’s paintings will be on display at the hotel.

“Although it’s a very elegant environment, it’s a very relaxed environment,” said hotel owner Kevin Walker. “It’s not unlike a kitchen party on the east coast or a ceilidh.”

The show is suitable for all audiences A contest is also being held to give away a seven-day all expenses paid trip to Ireland. All guests of the dinner theatre will be entered into the draw, which will be held at the end of the show’s run.

The performance runs every Friday and Saturday starting Friday, March 15 until Saturday, April 20. Tickets are $109 per person, plus taxes, including the meal and show. To purchase tickets call 250598-4556. kwells@goldstreamgazette.com

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Prepare for madcap fun in The 39 Steps

Master Plan Open House

Please join us for an Open House and Master Plan presentation to see what we’re planning for the Victoria International Airport 7:00 – 9:00 PM, Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney BC We look forward to hearing from you at our event A copy of the Draft Master Plan Executive Summary can be viewed at: www.victoriaairport.com

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Nick Sepi, left, Alan Penty, Toshik Bukowiecki and Karen Brelsford in a scene from the madcap thriller The 39 Steps.

The Langham Court Theatre puts a hilarious spin on a classic mystery as it takes on a farcical adaptation of The 39 Steps, bringing to stage more than 100 roles played by four actors.

This wild adaptation from the novel

by John Buchan and the movie by Alfred Hitchcock brims with references to other classic Hitchcock headliners such as Psycho, Vertigo and North by Northwest, allowing for a maximum amount of laughs during its run until March 23.

During the show, the audience witnesses actors Alan Penty, Karen Brelsford, Nick Sepi and Toshik Bukowiecki play everything from hairy-legged cross-dressers to overly mysterious film-noir women – sometimes within seconds of each other.

Directed by Keith Digby and Cynthia Pronick, the set was designed by Bill Adams, his finalé as head scenic carpenter after 15 years.

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Despite issues for some customers, the process went as well as expected and “maybe even better,� Coast Capital spokesperson Jay-Ann Fordy said. “There are no big problems, so the system is running as expected,� she said.

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Coast Capital Savings Credit Union is dealing with “limited� challenges following the disruption of service over the Family Day long weekend while it switched to a new banking

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Coastal ferry users are braced for reduced sailings on some underused routes, and many are open to cable ferries, barges, passenger-only vessels or even bridges where practical to contain rising costs.

Transportation Minister Mary Polak released the government’s consultation report Tuesday on ways to save $26 million on operations by 2016. That was the target set by B.C. Ferry Commissioner Gord Macatee.

About 4,000 people took part in the consultation, with more than half saying they agree with the need to reduce costs.

When the government announced the service review last year, it added an extra $20 million to the subsidy for the service over four years, bringing the total taxpayer subsidy to about $180 million per year.

Polak said specific service cuts won’t be made public until June 30 at the earliest, and the government may extend that deadline after reviewing the consultation results with B.C. Ferries. She denied that the timing was chosen to push the unpopular move past the May 14 election. “If the idea was to stay away from discussion of potential cuts during an election period, I daresay we would not have embarked on the consul-

B.C. Ferries confirmed on Wednesday that it plans to hike ferry rates on April 1, 2013.

Prices for vehicle and passenger fares are going up an average of 4.1 per cent. Hikes are also on assured loading tickets and reservations made less than a week in advance.

Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen and other major routes: Passenger - $14.85 to $15.50 Vehicle - $49.25 to $51.50

tation,� Polak said. “We were very up-front in putting out the utilization numbers so people can see where the challenges were and where there will likely be cuts.�

Last year B.C. Ferries cut sailings on the Duke Point-Nanaimo run, which was losing an average of $50 per vehicle carried. B.C. Ferries CEO Mike Corrigan said the corporation expected to cut at least 100 sailings on its major Vancouver Island routes, mostly runs late in the evenings. tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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BBB guide out to Island homes Vancouver Island consumers wanting to do business with the region’s most trusted businesses now have one more resource at their fingertips.

The 2013 Better Business Bureau–Vancouver Island directory was recently distributed through Black Press community newspapers. The directory is also available directly through the Better Business Bureau and online through Black Press’ Island newspapers.

Inside, consumers will find a comprehensive list of BBB-accredited businesses and editorial features designed to help both consumers and businesses build strong relationships.

“The Accredited Business Directory is a great resource for both businesses and consumers,” says Rosalind Scott, President & CEO of the BBB serving Vancouver Island. “The Directory not only includes our entire list of reputable Accredited Businesses, organized by type of business for easy reference, but it also includes helpful information on BBB services, consumer shopping tips, and advice on how to protect yourself and loved ones from being scammed.”

Publishing the directory provides Black Press another way to service more than 244,000 Island homes and businesses.

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SPORTS Bronze for Breakers Oak Bay third at hoops provincials Travis Paterson News staff

Evan Seal/Black Press

Oak Bay Breakers forward Danielle Cavelti attempts a shot against Burnaby South Defenders at the B.C. High School AAA Girls Basketball Championships in Langley.

No team enters a tournament to finish third, which makes the Oak Bay Breakers bounce-back effort at the AAA high school girls provincial basketball championships in Langley all the better.

The Breakers suffered a decisive 58-32 loss in the semifinals to eventual champions South Kamloops on Friday. Chloe Campbell scored 13 points in the loss. It was a tough loss which the Breakers shook off with a 53-50 win over the Maple Ridge Ramblers in the thirdplace game on Saturday. Grade 10 star Lauren Yearwood led the way with 16 points and Campbell put up another 13.

Yearwood also blocked five shots in the win.

The Claremont Spartans went 1-4, finishing 15th.

Spartans Haley Cabral and Marissa Dheenshaw led the AAA girls tourney in steals with a combined 34, 18 by Cabral and 16 by Dheenshaw.

Abbey Piazza paced the St. Mikes Blue Jags to the top-eight bracket of the AA girls championships with a 36-point effort in their opening round win over St. Thomas More 65-50. But the Blue Jags slipped to eighth as St. Thomas Aquinas held Piazza to nine points in the Blue Jags second game, a 53-32 loss, followed by a 48-27 loss to York House and 58-49 loss to Sa-Hali.

Piazza was named to the allstar team.

The Lambrick Park Lions and St. Mikes Blue Jags finished fourth and fifth, respectively, at the AA boys provincials. Lambrick’s Matt Neufeld was named a first team all-star and Brendan Somers a second team all-star.

St. Mikes’ Georgios Ikonomou was named the top defensive player, and Mark Yorath to a second team all-star. sports@vicnews.com

Cougars advance to VIJHL final Cougars await winner of Bucs, Glacier Kings Travis Paterson News staff

Sam Rice scored on the winning goal on the power play to make it 3-2 as the Victoria Cougars eliminated the Saanich Braves from the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League playoffs with a 5-2 win, Sunday at Archie Browning Sports Centre.

The Cougars now await the winner of the North final for VIJHL championship. As of Monday the Nanaimo Buccaneers led the Comox Valley Glacier Kings two games to one.

The Cougars were slapped with the game’s first six penalties on Sunday but stayed the course to capture the South division title.

“We wanted to play our game, not worry about what they did and send everything towards the net and it worked out for us,” said Cougars assistant captain Graham Zagrodney. “We didn’t draw as many penalties as we usually do but we still found a way to win.”

It’s the second-straight trip to the Island final for Zagrodney, a trade deadline acquisition last year who hopes to lift the Brent Patterson Memorial Trophy again.

Zagrodney picked up six points against the Braves, including two assists on Sunday, and leads all defencemen in playoff

Sharon Tiffin/News staff

Cougar Jake Stolz, left, looks for a loose puck under fallen Brave Sam Johnston at Archie Browning on Sunday. scoring with 13 points.

The Braves finally capitalized on their sixth power play on Sunday to make it 1-0 on a goal by Josh McGladery.

The next power play went to the Cougars, however, and the nation’s top ranked junior B team made no mistake as Dane Feeney scored his ninth of the playoffs.

Feeney ended the game with three points and leads all playoff scorers with 26.

Mark Walton, Rice, and Brody Coulter

also scored for the Cougars.

McGladery scored both Braves’ goals.

It’s the end of an injuryplagued season for the Braves.

“It definitely hurts to lose the Travis Paterson/News staff top forward in the league in the Braves goalie Tanner McGaw. first 45 seconds of playoffs,” said goalie Tanner McGaw of the Braves captain, Ty Jones. “To battle through playoffs without your top player against a healthy (Cougars) team, it’s hard to compete. Injuries happen, it’s just unfortunate they had to happen to us.”

McGaw suffered a calf injury that kept him from Game 4 on Friday. The VIJHL goalie of then picked up a dislocated finger in the waning minutes of Game 5.

The calf couldn’t keep McGaw from trying one last time to finish what he started as a 16-year-old call-up in 2009, when he stole two wins in the opening round of the playoffs from the Cougars.

That season McGaw and current Cougars starter Evan Roch were a goaltending tandem on the Island finalist Saanich midget AA Braves.

Full story online at vicnews.com. sports@vicnews.com

Richard Lam/UBC Athletics

Two-time CIS volleyball MVP Shanice Marcelle of Saanich recently ended her UBC Thunderbirds career with a fifth-straight CIS title.

MVP to go pro Spectrum grad ends CIS volleyball career Travis Paterson News staff

Next stop, Winnipeg.

It’s not Victoria, but it is the home of the national indoor volleyball program.

And it’s the next home, albeit temporary, for the top women’s university volleyball player in Canada Shanice Marcelle, recently named MVP of the CIS for the second time.

The Spectrum Community school grad is in a new frame of mind, having ended her CIS playing career with the UBC Thunderbirds with a fifth-straight national volleyball title two weeks ago.

Since then it’s been a whirlwind of catching up on studies.

“I (had) a midterm, group project, and quiz (last week). It’s kind of strange just being a student, I’m grateful for my time as a Thunderbird,” Marcelle said.

Marcelle will finish her kinesiology degree at UBC in a few weeks and head straight to national team tryouts.

She’s also open to a return to the national beach volleyball program after a three-year hiatus. Indoor or outdoor, Marcelle will be on Canadian soil for the summer months only, before moving on to a launch a pro career in Europe.

“An agent will help me with that. I’m not sure where but, depending on the league, hopefully I’ll get room and board covered, and some money on top of that.”

It’s another turn on the path which started when Marcelle first played volleyball as a Grade 6 student at McKenzie elementary school in Saanich.

Several of her ex-Thunderbirds teammates are already in Europe playing, so Marcelle’s chances are strong.

Marcelle was fourth in the Canada West in kills per set and points, sixth in hitting percentage and seventh in aces. Jessica Von Schilling (Belmont) continues to represent Greater Victoria on the T-birds. sports@vicnews.com

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Silvertips visit Friday night

diate timeline, however, for Logan Fisher (upper body) and Luke Harrison (upper body).

Travis Paterson Prior to the slump News staff the Royals owned home advantage for the playFor the second offs, as the fourth-place straight season the Victeam in the Western toria Royals will face Conference. It would the Kamloops Blazers have meant avoiding in the opening round the West’s big three of of the Western Hockey Portland, Kelowna and League playoffs.

Kamloops in the first The Blazers will finround of the playoffs. ish third in the Western Regardless, the RoyConference, setting up als are a team building Allen Douglas photo around its core of 16 the first-round playoff series with the sixth- Patrik Polivka falls against the Kamloops and 17-year-olds Jack place Royals. Last year Blazers in Kamloops earlier this season. The Walker, Joe Hicketts, the Blazers swept the teams will renew their playoff rivalry.

Keegan Kanzig, BranRoyals in four games. don Fushimi, Logan The Royals ended its 11-game losing streak on Fisher, Kolton Dixon and Ryan Gagnon, as well as Friday with a 5-3 win over the Vancouver Giants blue-chip 15 year olds Tyler Soy and Chaz Redbut lost 3-1 to the Giants on Saturday and 5-2 dekopp. The latter played his first game with the to Portland Winterhawks on Sunday. The Royals Royals wearing No. 29 versus the Kelowna Rockets hosted the Winterhawks again on Tuesday, results last Wednesday. were past press time.

The Rockets ended the Blazers’ hopes of repeatOn Friday the Royals host the Everett Silvertips ing as B.C. division champions over the weekend, for the final regular season home game, 7 p.m. at winning 2-1 in Kelowna on Saturday (March 9) and Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.

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Ross, Edward Alan, of Brittany Dr., Victoria, BC, born on April 24, 1921 in Caerau, Wales passed away on March 7, 2013 in Victoria.

He is predeceased by his wife Muriel (nee Halsted). He leaves his children, Pat (John), Marilyn (Jim), David (MaryLynne) and Eddie (Linda) as well as 7 Grandchildren and 4 Great Grandchildren.

A celebration of Alan’s life is being held at Sands Funeral Chapel at 317 Goldstream Ave., Colwood on Friday, March 15, 2013 at 1pm with reception to follow.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS RE: IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE IRENE ELEANOR LYTTLE, also known as ELEANOR IRENE LYTTLE late of VICTORIA, BC, DECEASED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that creditors and others having claims against the estate of the above-named deceased are hereby required to send them to the undersigned 612 View Street, 3rd Floor, Victoria, BC, V8W 1J5, before 8th day of April, 2013, after which date the Executor will distribute the said estate amongst the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which she then has notice.

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Michael Arthur Cooper 1943-2013

Passed away peacefully on March 4, 2013, surrounded by family and friends. Leaving to mourn his devoted wife of 48 years Barbara, son Steven (Teresa), son Wayne (Angela), daughter Barbara Anne (Tim), son Sean (Renee), sisters Gillian, Carol and families, 13 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Special thanks go out to Palliative Care Team, Harold, Jim and Anne.

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PETS PETS CKC RGST. Great Pyrenees Pups 9 wks. old 1st. shots, Hlth guar. $1200, free delivery. Vet chk. www.kindercubkennel.com 250998-4697

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE APPLIANCES FRIGIDAIRE ELECTRIC Range. 4 burner ceramic glass cook top, 30” wide, cream colour. Includes electric range hood. Excellent working and cosmetic condition. 4 yrs old. $450. obo. (250)391-5750.

WHIRLPOOL FRIDGE/Freezer, side by side, ice and water dispenser, ivory, $200. Whirlpool Range, ivory, $150. Both immaculate and mint condition. Call 1-250-743-4361.

SOLID OAK dining room suite, buffet and hutch w/3 drawers, 6’ oval table w/pedestal, 6 chairs, excellent condition. Call (250)475-1588.

GARAGE SALES LANGFORD. MULTI-FAMILY. Saturday, March 16, 9am3pm. Kid’s & household items. #6 - 2871 Peatt Road.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS$2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enterprise Cres, Victoria. Goldstream Press Division.

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DOWNTOWN SIDNEY: Bright 1 bdrm deluxe suite. Short term. Call (250)514-7747.

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LANGFORD MOBILE home in Seniors Park, upgraded interior, fully furnished, A/C, roof retorched 2009, fenced yrd, shed & workshop. Asking, $39,000. Call 250-590-2450.

$200,000, PRIVATE 18.5 acreage overlooking lake at Honeymoon Bay. Near park, beach, store, zoned A1. Call (250)709-9656.

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2002 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA GL TDI. 138,000 km, diesel, auto, leather. Local car, power everything. $9200.

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2008 TOYOTA TACOMA 4x4mint, 65,000 km, 4 doors, automatic. Asking $26,700. Call (250)655-6558.

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2008 DERBY Scooter, 49cc, no motorcycle licence req’d, great shape, 5000 km, w/ helmet. Must sell (Moving). $1400 obo. (250)217-2988.

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WINTER VACATION Home in sunny Mesa, AZ. Gated 55+ community, 5 pools & hot tubs, Wood work shop, stain glass making, computer courses, tennis, etc, site café, w/live Music, nearby golf courses.

250-245-0295. $8,900. Email: ltd-ventures@shaw.ca

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded.

White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 firm. 250-755-5191.

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OTTER POINT Trailer Park.

40’ park model trailer (no pad fees) 3 slide outs + 30’x52’ lot, finished deck & shed in new condition. Open to offers. Call 306-290-8764.

7’x12’ Deck Utility Trailer.

Good for small tractors and quads. 4 wheels, loading ramps, green. $1350 obo. Call (250)384-7954.

HOUSING. Working/ disability.

Interurban/Camosun students. $475-$575 incl. 778-977-8288.

COLWOOD- 2 bdrm level entry, shared W/D, NS/NP. Refs, $1100 incls utils. 250-391-7915 GLANFORD. LARGE 2 bdrm, Bright & quiet. Reno’d kitch & bdrm 8’ closet. W/D, full bath, storage, priv entr, small yrd, near bus, amens. NS/NP, $980. heat, h/w, hydro/internet incld. Refs. 250-704-0197.

KEATING. 1-BDRM, W/D. $750 inclds hydro + cable.

Avail April 1st. (250)652-1612.

LANGFORD, 1BDRM, $850 mo incls all utils, priv ent, parking, NS/NP. 250-478-1408 LANGFORD, 2 bdrm, 700 sq ft, many upgrades, D/W, tile floor, $1150 incls most utils.

Avail April. 1. (250)589-6424.

LANGFORD- 2 bdrms, 4 appls, $1100 inclds utils.

Available now. (250)885-9128.

LANGFORD (Costco). Bus, shops, school. 2 Bdrm suite, yard, 4 appls, water incl, shared laundry, $1100 mo + utils, water incl’d. NS/NP. Avail March 1. Call (250)881-2283.

SOOKE 1 br + office, large quality walk-in + private storage, laundry rm, F/P, all included, sm pet, quiet N/S, refs, $820. Phone 250- 642-5332

FRIENDLY FRANK CHILD’S BOOSTER seat, Little Tyke’s swing, $15/each.

Call (250)479-8955.

FREE CEMENT pavers 8x8 octagon shape, could be useful for a muddy driveway. Call (250)592-4994.

HP C3180 all in one printer, works well, $20.

Call (250)391-6525.

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SPORTING GOODS

ACREAGE

TRUCKS & VANS 1969 CHEVY Pickup, 350 Automatic, headers, dual exhaust, runs mint, excellent condition, 60,000 miles. A must see to believe, asking $6000 obo. (250)893-9817.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

WANTED: STATIONARY Bike (inexpensive) for working out. Please call 250-514-6688.

REAL ESTATE

1988 CHEVROLET Barettablack, w/grey velour interior, 2.8L, 5 speed standard, good cond. $950. obo. Brian, 250999-7887, 250-886-4299.

TRANSPORTATION

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SUITES, UPPER FLORENCE LAKE, 2 bdrm upper suite, 2 private entrances & decks, 6 appls. Non smokers. Avail immed. $1400 mo utils incl’d. 250-391-1967.

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STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

ANTIQUES, BOOKS, collectibles, furniture, china, jewelry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700

VIEW ROYAL. 2-bdrm $1100.

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250-474-2369, 250-217-0767.

2003 R/T Durango, fully loaded, leather, midnight black, full tint package and more. Immaculate inside and out, 126,000 km. (Moving). Have all receipts, $6900 obo. Call (250)217-2988.

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ACCOUNTING Vida Samimi

NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $40/hr.

Work Guaranteed. Any size job.

(250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flagstone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Natural & Veneered Stone.

Replace, Rebuild, Renew!

“Quality is our Guarantee”.

Free Competitive Estimates.

(250)294-9942/(250)589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com

EXPERIENCED JOURNEYMAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured.

Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104.

DOUBLE C Bookkeeping.

Bookkeeping and Income Tax for all of your personal and small business needs. 250514-3833 doublecbooks@shaw.ca

CARPENTRY

FENCING ALL TYPES of fencing, repairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.

BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748.

THE LANGFORD MANdecks, fences, quality work, competitive pricing, licensed & insured. Fred, (250)514-5280.

CARPET INSTALLATION

FURNITURE REFINISHING

MALTA FLOORING Installation. Carpets, laminates, hardwood, lino. BBB 250-388-0278

FURNITURE REFINISHING. Specializing in small items, end-tables, coffee tables, chairs. Free pick-up & delivery.

References available.

250-475-1462.

CLEANING SERVICES AFFORDABLE! SUPPLIES & vacuum incld’d. All lower Island areas. 250-385-5869.

MALTA HOUSECLEANING Estates, events, offices. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

NEED HELP cleaning your house? $18/hr. Call Dorothy at (250)478-8940.

SPOTLESS HOME Cleaning.

Affordable, Exp’d, Reliable, Efficient. Exc refs. 250-508-1018

ELECTRICAL 250-361-6193 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779.

AT&T ELECTRIC. Renovations. Residential & Commercial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550.

GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm.

Reasonable rates for quality work. #43619. 250-883-7632.

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small.

Kendra, 250-415-7991.

GARDENING

AURICLE BSC 250-882-3129 Spring clean up Lawn aeration & fertilize-soil-hedges & more.

DPM SERVICES- lawn & garden, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141

ELITE GARDEN MAINTENANCE LAWN MOWING, CLEAN-UPS, LANDSCAPING PROJECTS

778-678-2524 FRUIT TREES Overgrown?

Shaping trees & roses. Blackberry clearing. Call John, 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS 250-889-5794.

DIAMOND Dave Gutter & Window Cleaning at Fair Prices!

250-507-6543.

AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, guards, power washing, de-moss, Insured.

GUTTER CLEANING. Repairs, Maintenance, Gutterguard, Leaf traps. Grand Xterior Cleaning Services. WCB Insured. Call 250-380-7778.

HANDYPERSONS

PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774

AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.

BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Stairs, Painting, General household repairs. Free estimate. Call Barry 250-896-6071

$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc.

Free estimates. 250-812-2279.

CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all.

Call 250-361-6164.

250-479-7950 FREE ESTIMATES • Lawn Maintenance • Landscaping • Hedge Trimming • Tree Pruning • Yard Cleanups • Gardening/Weeding • Aeration, Odd Jobs NO SURPRISES NO MESS www.hollandave.ca ECOCUTS LAWN CARE Less Emissions & Less Noise - Call for Spring Cleanups Free Est. 250-216-6996 www.ecocutslawncare.com

JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk.

Fast Service, Best Prices!!

Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK. ✭BUBBA’S HAULING✭ Honest, on time. Demolition, construction clean-ups, small load deliveries (sand, gravel, topsoil, mulch), garden waste removal, mini excavator, bob cat service. 250-478-8858.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Yard & garden overgrown?

Aerating, pwr raking, blackberry & ivy removal. 25 years exp.

JUNK BOX- We Do All The Loading

FAMILY MAN Hauling.

Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs.

250-920-8463.

GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.

SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount.

Brad 250-217-9578.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS HAPPY VALLEY Reno’s.

Home repairs, small reno’s. No job too small. 30 years experience. Call (250)474-7277.

M&S OXFORD Home/Commercial Reno’s & Painting.

Patio’s, Decks, Sheds, Hardwood and Trim. 25 yrs exp.

Quality Guar. 250-213-5204.

RENOS BY Don, 25 yrs exp.

New, renos, repairs, decks, fencing, bathrooms, kitchens.

Senior discounts.

Licensed, Insured, WCB, 250-588-1545.

THE MOSS MAN ChemicalFree Roof De-Mossing & Gutter Cleaning since 1996. Call 250-881-5515. Free estimates! www.mossman.ca

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Peripheral Vision Jazz for this Century

Sunday, March 17 @ 7:00 p.m.

Freewill offering Abundant parking 510 Mount View Ave. Colwood 250 474 3031 www.colwoodanglican.ca

FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376.

FREE ESTIMATES. Reasonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.

PRESSURE WASHING MERCHANDISE RENTALS PACIFIC SHORES Resort, Parksville, Owner rental 2 bdrm. sleeps 7, full amenities more info online Mar. 17- 24 $800. Phone 780-332-2699 or margfoden@gmail.com

MOVING & STORAGE 11 DIAMOND Moving- 1 ton 2 ton. Prices starting at $85/hr.

Call 250-220-0734.

1,2,3, WRIGHT Moving. 3 ton, $80/hr for 2 men. Senior’s discount. Call Phil (250)383-8283 2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on local moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507.

DONE RIGHT MOVING $80/hr. Senior Discount. Free Est’s. No travel time before or after. SMOOTH MOVES. Call Tyler at 250-418-1747.

PAINTING A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.

INSULATION

B L Coastal Coatings. Quality, reliable, great rates. All your Painting needs. (250)818-7443

PRO IRISH GARDENERSmaintenance, pruning, cleanups, lawn care. 20 yrs exp.

WCB. Call (250)652-6989.

MALTA BLOWN Insulation.

Attics - interior/exterior walls & sound silencer. (250)388-0278

NORM’S PAINTING- Why wait till Spring? Reasonable, Reliable. References. 25 yrs experience. Call 250-478-0347.

SPRING CLEANups, complete maintenance.

Residential & Commercial. 250-474-4373.

QUALITY INSULATION blown fiberglass. Affordable rates.

WCB. (250)896-6652.

ST PAINTING free est, written guarantee and full ref’s. WCB ins. Call Kaleb (250)884-2597.

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ROMAX MASONRY. Exp’d & Professional. Chimneys, Brick Veneer, Rockwork, Cultured Stone, Interlocking Paving.

Small Excavating. Fully insured.

Estimates. Call 250-588-9471.

DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates.

250-744-8588, Norm.

RUBBISH REMOVAL MALTA GARDEN & Rubbish Removal. Best Rates. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

STUCCO/SIDING RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50 years experience. Free estimates. Dan, 250-391-9851.

TREE SERVICES BUDDY’S TREE SERVICESTrimming, pruning, chipping, removals, hedges, lawn care, Insured. Keith, (250)474-3697.

WINDOW CLEANING DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.

Windows, Gutters, Sweeping, Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pressure Washing. 250-361-6190.

GLEAMING WINDOWS Gutters+De-moss. Free estimate.

18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.

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NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on March 16th 2013 West Shore U-Lock Mini Storage Ltd., 1621 Island Highway, Victoria B.C. will sell the contents of the lockers listed below if the monies owed are not paid and contents removed from the premises; John Neill 1427B Dave Stepski 2129A Donna Weeds 2007A Dan Rainville 2341 Darryl Williams 2197A Contents will be sold on location at 1621 Island Highway by process of sealed bid. Viewing will be from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on March 16th 2013.

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EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini excavator & bob cat services.

Perimeter drains, driveway prep, Hardscapes, Lot clearing. Call 250-478-8858.

(250) 858-0588 - Tree Service - Landscaping - Lawn & Garden Clean ups - Hedge trimming & Pruning - Pressure washing - Gutters Free estimates * WCB www.mowtime.ca

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Certified General Accountant Bookkeeping, Audit, Payroll, HST. Set up & Training. E-File

SPRING CLEANUP special: $20/hr. Weeding, Pruning, etc: Free est’s. Steve 250-727-0481

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GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE - Wednesday, March 13, 2013

West Shore students score high in Legion contest Royal Canadian Legion, Prince Edward Branch in Langford scored a number of 2012 Remembrance Day poster and literary contest winners.

All three top spots went to Sangster students in the junior colour poster contest: Donna Brewka (first), Alison Livingstone (second) and Liam McDonald (third). That school also provided the black and white winners: Grace Phil-

lips, Seth Ealing and Coby Weeks. In the junior poem, Colwood elementary’s Makenna Gargus finished first, while Sangster school students MacKenzie Timlock (second) and Lauren Await rounded out the top three.

Junior essay went to Savory students: Mikayla Strandberg (first), Megan O’Brien (second) and My-Lee Marie Vu (third).

Spencer middle school students won

the intermediate poem contest with Mateo Strasdas atop the heap, Matthew Crowley in second and Melanie

Knight finishing third.

Senior poster categories went to Belmont students. Ryan Carswell finished first in

the colour division followed by Sophia Yang and Hailey Hamilton. In black and white Wendy Wincer scored atop

the pack followed by Thawanya Wilson and Simon Olsen.

Lighthouse Christian Academy student

Angela Manquerra finished first in the senior essay competition. editor@goldstream gazette.com

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COMMUNITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Sangster springs school fair fun Game tickets are 25 cents and games range from one to three tickets per game which include: face painting, fish pond, egg game, hockey shoot, lollipop pull and book fair. Many silent auction items and pizza by the slice among other goodies, bake table and vendors. The fair is March 14 at Sangster elementary, 3325 Metchosin Rd. from 6 to 8:30 p.m.

Colwood chat set for Saturday The Community Tables: Engaging Neighbours Gatherings builds on existing initiatives and assets in the Colwood area.

Outreach work by UVic students has

gathered community information, survey responses, and stories and visions from locals. A community report and map will be available in April.

There is a gathering at Colwood Community Hall, 2219 Sooke Road on March 16 from 2 to 4 p.m.

Autobahn for All Sales Event is back!

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Blue days mark cancer awareness March is colorectal cancer awareness month in Canada.

The disease is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in the country. Of the 23,300 men and women diagnosed annually, on average, 9,200 will die.

To find out about Wear Blue Day fundraisers or about the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada, visit colorectalcancer.ca.

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